Epic of the Dispossessed: Derek Walcott's Omeros

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In Epic of the Dispossessed, Robert D. Hamner offers an insightful, well-researched analysis of Omeros, the masterful epic poem by 1992 Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott. Rich and various, Omeros is an innovative extension of the epic tradition. Despite Walcott's insistence that he violates the formula he notes his autobiographical presence in the poem and the absence of classical heroic figures and epic battles the poem incorporates...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0826211526

ISBN13:9780826211521

Release Date:August 1997

Publisher:University of Missouri Press

Length:200 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Grade Range:Postsecondary

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Poetry

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